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00:00As-salamu alaykum, hello and welcome to SportsZoom, I am your host Najeeb Ul-Hasnain.
00:18Viewers, as you know, the surgery process in Pakistan Cricket Board has begun.
00:24And now, according to the recent update, senior team managers Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razak have been dismissed.
00:31Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razak have been dismissed.
00:35And the reason is that they have put pressure on the selection.
00:39And at the same time, as senior manager, Wahab Riaz could not maintain the team's atmosphere.
00:46And Shaheen Afridi's attitude was not good on the last tour.
00:50And he did not behave properly.
00:52So, it is very important to support them and not to take any action on this.
00:56There are many things. We will talk about this.
00:58And to talk about the whole procedure of the surgery, former fast bowler Abdul Rauf is with us.
01:05Rauf, As-salamu alaykum, welcome to the show.
01:08Yes, Walekum As-salam.
01:10Wahab Riaz and Abdul Razak have been dismissed from the selection committee.
01:15What do you think, what are the reasons given to you?
01:18And will there be a new selection committee?
01:20Tell us about that.
01:23Look, basically, I have the same one-point agenda.
01:26And I will talk about that.
01:27As long as you run the institution from the one-man show, no one will run your institution.
01:31You saw, you went to Misbah-ul-Aqab, you were the chairman of Shehryar Khan.
01:34And the one-man show gave them everything.
01:36So, we said that they will not be able to run it.
01:38They could not run it.
01:39Before that, Inzamam-ul-Aqab was the ambassador of Pakistan Cricket.
01:42So, he covered all the branches of Pakistan.
01:44Then, Zakaar Sharaf made Rafiz.
01:46All-in-all, your system could not run.
01:48Now, Wahab Riaz was made.
01:50So, the result is the same.
01:52So, the problem is, why is there a discipline issue?
01:55Why is there a players' power?
01:57Until we find the answer to this, it will be very difficult.
02:01Because, when you see, you make incompetent people, uneducated people, unprofessional people,
02:05without any vision, without any education, without any sports management education,
02:10you make them bypass all the merit and make them sit on big offices.
02:14So, the players will have player power.
02:16They will know that he is a weak man.
02:18And we will make strong decisions as per our will.
02:21After that, if you make a strong man sit on the merit,
02:25who is on a genuine merit,
02:27and the Pakistan Cricket Board interviews him on merit,
02:29this qualification, if we keep this man on this qualification,
02:32then player power is not made.
02:34They know that he is a strong man.
02:36He is not a part of any lobby.
02:38He is not a politician.
02:40He is not a lobbyist.
02:42He did not come from England.
02:44He did not come by bypassing the system.
02:46He came on merit.
02:48So, player power is weak.
02:50Let me give you another example.
02:52The Pakistan Cricket Board should have an authority.
02:56You see, the Legend League is being held there.
02:58You made a team and sent it.
03:00And the same players, when they have removed Wabriyaz and Abdul Razzaq,
03:02they are giving statements against the Pakistan Cricket Board,
03:04as to why they have been removed.
03:06The Pakistan Cricket Board should have these things in their hands.
03:08They should not be allowed to make players.
03:10They should be given.
03:12And no man's hold should be on Pakistan Cricket.
03:14When someone's hold will be there,
03:16of some lobby, of some group,
03:18of some personality,
03:20then your whole system, your whole system will be damaged.
03:22Absolutely right.
03:24Stay with us.
03:26The reaction of Wabriyaz to all this,
03:28I would like to show it to the audience on the screen as well.
03:30And he has to say this.
03:32Don't agree with the statements being discussed
03:34about adding pressure
03:36to the members of the selection committee.
03:38How can one vote dominate six?
03:40Everything is documented on record.
03:42I will be issuing
03:44my statement this evening.
03:46To talk about this tweet,
03:48and further updates,
03:50we have with us,
03:52our sports correspondent, Shahid Hashmi.
03:54Mr. Shahid, he has a very simple message.
03:56He has to say that
03:58this adding pressure,
04:00this thing of putting pressure is absolutely wrong.
04:02And how can one vote dominate six?
04:04And he will be issuing
04:06his statement this evening as well.
04:08So, what breaking do you have?
04:10Look,
04:12Wabriyaz received a call
04:14from a member of the selection committee,
04:16Bilal Afzal,
04:18who is currently the right-hand man,
04:20Chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
04:22And he called and said
04:24that you should accept the responsibility of defeat.
04:26So, we will all be saved.
04:28And when you accept the responsibility of defeat,
04:30then you will also
04:32talk about it.
04:34And this is what he said.
04:36And this is a valid question,
04:38a valid answer.
04:40How can one accept the responsibility
04:42of selection and defeat?
04:44There are seven people in the selection committee.
04:46Five people,
04:48apart from the captain and coach,
04:50are equally responsible.
04:52And Bilal Afzal
04:54raised an objection
04:56that when the team was going to be announced
04:58and the squad was going to be announced,
05:00he was not consulted.
05:02It was his right,
05:04as he was also a member of the selection committee.
05:06It was necessary to ask him.
05:08Wabriyaz must have made mistakes in the selection committee.
05:10But it is not right to make
05:12one or two people a coach.
05:14If the selection committee
05:16goes with full responsibility,
05:18the selection committee
05:20will be removed.
05:22If you want to make Bilal Afzal an advisor,
05:24then make him an advisor.
05:26If he has knowledge of cricket,
05:28if he understands cricket,
05:30then make him an advisor.
05:32But by removing one or two people,
05:34this responsibility does not fall on two people.
05:36Point taken, Mr. Shahid.
05:38But the question here is that
05:40today's right hand called the previous right hand
05:42and said this.
05:44Wabriyaz was a blue-eyed boy.
05:46He was in control.
05:48The post of senior manager was created because of him.
05:50If we talk unofficially,
05:52he was the chairman of the selection committee.
05:54The more powers you get,
05:56the more accountability you will get.
05:58You can say this.
06:00Everyone has their own opinion.
06:02They have more power.
06:04But the chairman said that everyone has equal power.
06:06There is no chairman selection committee.
06:08And when there is no chairman selection committee,
06:10then the responsibility of all seven people is taken.
06:12I am not defending Wabriyaz.
06:14But the selection committee
06:16had signed.
06:18Five people had signed that Bawar Azam will be the captain.
06:20He should be the captain.
06:22There was a squad of 15 people.
06:24There will be minutes and meetings.
06:26It was a coincidence.
06:28And if the Pakistan team had defeated
06:30the USA and India,
06:32would all the responsibility be put on the selection committee?
06:34Would it be said that the selection was not right?
06:36If both the teams had won the match,
06:38Pakistan would have been proud.
06:40Fair point.
06:42Thank you very much, Mr. Shahid Hashmi.
06:44We were talking about the tweet.
06:46Rauf, your thoughts on this?
06:48Look,
06:50I don't agree with this
06:52selection panel.
06:54That's why I keep saying that you should make
06:56long-term policies.
06:58When your visionary panel will be there,
07:00who will have a grip on your situation for 25-30 years,
07:02they will know exactly
07:04who can develop,
07:06who has education,
07:08who is a visionary and who can take Pakistan cricket forward.
07:10The Australian cricket board,
07:12the Indian cricket board,
07:14or the English cricket board.
07:16The selection committee
07:18made a team here.
07:20Tell me, apart from me,
07:22the whole of Pakistan is witness to this.
07:24The way the press conference was held
07:26before the World Cup,
07:28it looked like a stage drama.
07:30Your senior sports journalists
07:32were there.
07:34They raised serious questions.
07:36They talked about the players' fitness,
07:38their form,
07:40their selection criteria,
07:42their current form.
07:44None of the selectors
07:46gave a serious answer.
07:48They were made fun of.
07:50They were given
07:52funny answers.
07:54It looked like a stage drama.
07:56When your seriousness
07:58and your extreme think-tank
08:00who was selecting your team for the World Cup,
08:02their situation,
08:04their education,
08:06their upbringing,
08:08their attitude,
08:10then your team's performance will be like this.
08:12There's a lot going on.
08:14You talked about surgery.
08:16Do you think
08:18more changes will be made?
08:20Whatever changes you make,
08:22all the cricket boards in the world,
08:24their manifesto,
08:26their infrastructure,
08:28their roadmap,
08:30it's based on two things.
08:32Number one, sports education.
08:34Number two, your ground realities.
08:36For example,
08:3870% of the players
08:40come from New South Wales
08:42and Victoria.
08:4460% of the Australian population
08:46is based there.
08:48The main focus point
08:50of the Australian cricket board
08:52is those two cities
08:54because 70% of the players come from there.
08:56In South Africa,
08:58there are 41 schools
09:00and 80% of the test players
09:02are from there.
09:04They invest more there.
09:0699.9% of the players
09:08come from club cricket.
09:10The least bothered
09:12and not given a single rupee
09:14is the club cricket
09:16which is not taken care of.
09:18It's your natural nursery.
09:20What does the Pakistan cricket board do?
09:22They send a scrutiny committee
09:24and involve dirty politics.
09:26They send a scrutiny committee
09:28to take their votes.
09:30We've been running the club for 20-30 years.
09:32They disfunction it and
09:34take back the right of vote.
09:36All the kids in the city
09:38and the whole district
09:40suffer because of it.
09:42When your seriousness is
09:44reflected in the nursery
09:46where you get the most production,
09:48how can you make a road map?
09:50Mohsin Naqvi had invited
09:52former cricketers to Madhu
09:54and gave suggestions.
09:56You were also there.
09:58What did you say?
10:00What did you suggest?
10:02I gave the exact same
10:04suggestion.
10:06I said it's your basic nursery
10:08and your club cricket.
10:10The other suggestions
10:12were given to us
10:14when there was an agenda
10:16for the meeting.
10:18They made a road map
10:20for domestic cricket.
10:22They made a plan
10:24and announced the dates.
10:26They asked us to put our input.
10:28There were 3-4 players.
10:30Salman Butt asked
10:32how we are getting Patangular
10:34done.
10:36Sikandar Bhakts
10:38said that the under-19s
10:40should be taught T20 cricket.
10:42The other players said
10:444-day cricket should be like this.
10:46But I saw
10:48that they included R&D
10:50in their plan.
10:52The Patangular suggestion
10:54was bettered by
10:56the Pakistan Cricket Board
10:58because the Champions League
11:00will be played by a group
11:02of 10-15 players.
11:04It will be easier for you.
11:06Tell me,
11:08we are talking about
11:10long-term planning.
11:12How can we improve
11:14our cricket in the long term?
11:16Do you want to strengthen
11:18your domestic set-up?
11:20There is no question
11:22that it will happen.
11:24But what about the short term?
11:26Don't you want to show
11:28that we are serious?
11:30Do you know anything
11:32about changing the captain?
11:34Or will we continue
11:36Babur Azam
11:38even after 4 World Cups
11:40and 2 Asian Cups?
11:42I think we will continue
11:44Babur Azam because
11:46he has no second option.
11:48Pakistan Cricket Board
11:50has appointed Shahan Masood
11:52and he has failed in 22 matches.
11:54He scored 50 runs.
11:56When you have an average
11:58of 25-26 runs,
12:00you can't give them
12:02such a big responsibility.
12:04Shaheen Afridi was also
12:06going on the Pakistan Cricket Board
12:08statement that he is also
12:10facing an attitude issue.
12:12You can't take him
12:14like that.
12:16You experienced him in New Zealand.
12:18He lost 4-1 in that series.
12:20Lahore Cologne did the same
12:22in PSL.
12:24You can't blame the current
12:26Pakistan Cricket Board
12:28or Mohsin Laqvi's party.
12:30You told us about Shaheen.
12:32Rizwan is not an option.
12:34You also talked about
12:36Shahan.
12:38You made the performer
12:40a captain and his performance
12:42was bad.
12:44Learning on the job
12:46was zero.
12:48Can't you say that
12:50Shahan and Rizwan
12:52should also be
12:54captains.
12:56You should go to young players.
12:58You remember the incident
13:00in South Africa.
13:02Graham Smith
13:04who was 17-18 years old
13:06was made a captain.
13:08Mohinder Singh Dhoni,
13:10Rahul Dravid, Lakshman
13:12and Yubaraj Singh
13:14were all young players.
13:16Mohinder Singh Dhoni
13:18had leadership, capacity
13:20and proved to be India's
13:22most successful captain.
13:24If you want to go,
13:26I won't go.
13:28You have to develop
13:30a young player.
13:32You have a good option
13:34in South Africa.
13:36Let's talk about
13:38former captain Shahid Afridi
13:40and Babar.
13:42Let's watch.
13:50No captains
13:52were selected.
13:56He has won
13:582-3 World Cups,
14:002-3 Asia Cups, T20.
14:02It's a great opportunity.
14:04Babar should be selected.
14:06It's been a long time.
14:08Whatever surgery
14:10he has to undergo,
14:12he should get it done.
14:14Surgery selection committee
14:16only selected
14:186-7 players.
14:20I don't understand
14:22why only these 2
14:24were selected.
14:28We all agree
14:30that 2 players
14:32are not enough.
14:34But,
14:36Shahid Afridi
14:38is right.
14:40We are losing
14:42daily matches.
14:44We are losing to weak teams.
14:46We are losing to weak teams.
14:48We are losing to weak teams.
14:50We are losing to weak teams.
14:52We have to move on
14:54to a better option.
15:00Can you hear me?
15:02Yes, you are right.
15:04We have a problem
15:06that we don't have
15:08an option.
15:10When you have a strong
15:12cricket board
15:14and you have a good
15:16vision and planning,
15:18they prepare
15:20captains for
15:22domestic and
15:24under-19 teams.
15:26But, we don't have
15:28a think tank
15:30or a vision
15:32to prepare
15:34captains.
15:36We have to give
15:38captains to
15:40people who
15:42have a vision.
15:44Another thing
15:46that is important
15:48is that your captain
15:50is stronger than
15:52your chairman.
15:54Pakistan's cricket
15:56structure is based
15:58on a role model
16:00that sets an example
16:02for kids from
16:04the top to the bottom.
16:06I have seen a road map
16:08and a structure
16:10for that.
16:12Thank you so much for your time.
16:14Footballer Abdul Rauf
16:16was with us and he was
16:18sharing his opinion about
16:20the surgery process and
16:22the important decisions
16:24to take forward
16:26Pakistan's cricket.
16:28We will take a break.
16:30We will be right back.
16:40Welcome back to Sports Room.
16:42Abdul Rauf was with us
16:44and he was sharing his opinion
16:46about the surgery.
16:48Mohammad Haroon,
16:50a former first-class
16:52cricketer from Denmark
16:54and Austria,
16:56is now coaching
16:58in the Gulf.
17:00He is the first coach
17:02of Baris Aghir,
17:04a level-4 English coach.
17:06Haroon,
17:08what should be done
17:10to improve the system?
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